*Step 0* - Setting Up a Session
- Do everything you can to control distractions and to put order and calm into the environment.
(Get any bystanders to remain silent and give you room to work.)
- Attend to any physical first-aid needed.
(If the person is awake and aware, find out if medical attention is desired and from where, respecting the right of refusal, right of choice and of informed consent. If the person is not coherent and there is an injury or severe illness evident, seek available medical attention on their behalf and manage the environment and do what you can to help the person until medical assistance arrives.)
- Give any Assists that may be appropriate.
(Contact Assist, Touch Assist, Locational Assist, etc.)
- Establish the most comfortable and distraction-free session environment that you can.
(If this is being done over a distance, help the person to establish the best session environment possible at their location.)
(Get any bystanders to remain silent and give you room to work.)
- Attend to any physical first-aid needed.
(If the person is awake and aware, find out if medical attention is desired and from where, respecting the right of refusal, right of choice and of informed consent. If the person is not coherent and there is an injury or severe illness evident, seek available medical attention on their behalf and manage the environment and do what you can to help the person until medical assistance arrives.)
- Give any Assists that may be appropriate.
(Contact Assist, Touch Assist, Locational Assist, etc.)
- Establish the most comfortable and distraction-free session environment that you can.
(If this is being done over a distance, help the person to establish the best session environment possible at their location.)
Conducting a Session (Non-Professional Model Session)
Long Form
IF YOU ARE ALONE AND CANNOT GET ANOTHER TO HELP YOU -
YOU MAY SIMPLY READ AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS GIVEN
- see if you can find paper and pen/pencil and a quiet, comfortable place to work
(use this preferred method to get your thoughts transmitted to the physical universe - this greatly assists the process in working, and you won't need to say the answers - just write them out)
- if you cannot write down your answers - if it feels right to you and you prefer it, and there is no one else around, say the answers to the questions aloud - to the screen or to the wall
(the point is to create an outward flow of answers)
- if it doesn't feel right to say answers aloud and/or you are in a public place, say the answers silently to yourself
(all this may be done as a last resort, but it still works - especially if you listen to yourself and give yourself good acknowledgements - do this until you feel relief, but in any case, try to get a session done for you by another when you can)
- adapt this Model Session using common sense to follow the guidelines given, and tell yourself "Start" and "End" of session, as well as granting yourself "Beingness" with good acknowledgements and Care
------BUT IF YOU ARE ALONE AND IT IS AN EMERGENCY, GO AHEAD AND START WORK ON THE "DROP RECOVERY" QUESTIONS NOW, AND REFER BACK TO THIS PAGE WHEN YOU ARE READY TO CONTINUE, OR IF YOU RUN INTO ANY QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT TO DO------
If you can:
GET SOMEONE YOU TRUST TO HELP YOU BY CONDUCTING A SESSION FOR YOU, WHERE POSSIBLE
The person conducting a session is called an Auditor ("LISTENER") and simply listens to answers and originations, and acknowledges them. THIS PERSON STARTS AND ENDS THE SESSION AND KEEPS IT ON TRACK (which helps the person being audited, to feel safe and to FOCUS WITHOUT DISTRACTION).
Whether you are doing this procedure alone or with another, the value of a FORMAL, STRUCTURED SESSION (with a distinct START and END) IS IMPORTANT for two reasons:
*FOCUS* -and- *KEEPING YOUR SESSION - INNER WORK - SEPARATE FROM EVERYDAY LIVING*
(this is a conscious and willing separation that you make, which helps you to get on with your life when you are -not- in session)
0. Choose the best available, distraction-free environment for the session and take reasonable, friendly steps to prevent any interruptions (others in the area, phones, computers, etc. - a "Quiet Please - We're In Session" sign on the door or folded paper on the table might be appropriate in some cases). Have the person seated or positioned comfortably.
*The person should ideally be well-fed and well-rested, but if that cannot be immediately taken care of and this is an emergency situation and the person is visibly upset and wants a session, you would go ahead and address the most serious issue available and keep the session short*
1. Have the questions and directions available to read from, take a deep breath and focus your attention on helping this person to the best of your ability. Tell the person that you are about to begin a session in order to hear about their difficulties. Ask if there is any reason not to start and, if there is some other problem, take care of anything needed the best you can, such as getting cellphones and computer sounds turned off.
2. Look the person in the eye and give a sincere and distinct -
"START OF SESSION" -or- "THIS IS THE SESSION"
3. Tell the person:
"I'm going to ask you some questions to get you to tell me about your difficulty. Is there anything you'd like to tell me before I ask the first question on the list?"
(the person may go right into telling you their difficulty - if so, just listen to what they are saying attentively and acknowledge them appropriately when they have finished talking)
Once you have become accustomed to Model Session, for anyone who has already had a few sessions and knows what a session is, you may use a shortened version of this as an opening:
"Is There Anything You Would Like to Take Up Before We Start/(Resume) Our (Next) Process?"
IS THE PERSON NOW "IN-SESSION"?
*Now you are going to need to familiarize yourself with a very important definition as a criteria for all the auditing you are going to do at any time. This will help you to determine when to check rudiments again, even if you have checked them or run them at the start of the session. It also tells you the purpose of the rudiments and when you can start processes for the session:
DEFINITION OF "IN-SESSION"
"Interested in own case and willing to talk to the auditor"
This means that the person can give mostly his/her full attention to you and follow directions given to look at things and talk about them in a session. The "Rudiments" that follow were designed specifically for the purpose of getting a person "in-session."
4. RUDIMENTS - These are any recent upsets, problems, worries or feelings of guilt that might distract a person from auditing. You have to take any of these up and handle them to a bettered condition before starting up any new processes to be audited or getting back to work in a session. You also have to stop and work on these when they come up in session or the person gets stuck and is not doing well with the process. A new auditor without an e-meter is not expected to ask any particular set, formal questions, but they are given here as examples you can use in any variation for letting the person bring up any pressing matters that should be looked at before starting any new action or process:
Ask for and take these up in the order that they appear on the list:
GETTING UNSTUCK WHEN A SESSION STALLS OR THE PERSON STARTS TO FEEL DISCOMFORT
Never stop a session just because a person feels something heavy, negative, strange or momentarily depressing. This is part of the process and "what turns it on will turn it off." You keep the process going. However, if things really start to grind or the person goes silent, there are tools starting with THE PROMPTERS, and including re-checking the Rudiments, that can help get the person un-stuck.
*IMPORTANT NOTE* - If you run into any trouble during the course of the session (the person is not doing well and this lasts for more than just a few questions) you should try to identify if a Rudiment needs to be put in (fixed up) before resuming the process where you left off. You may use the PROMPTERS where you think they might apply, and ask Rudiments questions if none of those lead to a renewed interest in continuing the session:
(from HCOB 10 Dec 64 - LISTEN-STYLE AUDITING)
PROMPTERS:
(a) "Have You Found Something You Think Would Make Me Think Less of You?"
(b) "Is There Something You Thought of That You Think I Wouldn't Understand?"
(c) "Have You Said Something You Felt I Didn't Understand? If So, Tell Me Again."
(d) "Have You Found Something You Haven't Understood? If So, Tell Me About It"
If a check over the rudiments does not find anything and the person seems "willing to talk to the auditor and interested in own case":
5. Go on with the questions or process commands in the order that they appear on the list:
"Okay, here is the first question/(or process)..."
6. Keep the session space safe and interruptions to an absolute minimum (phones should be off) and finish the process you are working on before you end the session. Use "Start of Break" and "End of Break" to keep up the agreement to be in session to focus on the inner work, any time a restroom break is needed or extra nourishment is needed. This is also protocol for a distance session at any time a call or internet connection is interrupted. If this happens, the person getting session should touch and let go of things in the environment, if immediately resuming any interrupted session is not possible. If this is not satisfactory to calm the mind, one should take a walk if possible, in order to look at large masses in the environment and extrovert attention.
*Important* - if a distance session or any other session is interrupted, leaving the person without an auditor, the person should FIND SOMETHING COMFORTABLY REAL (see step 11) enough times for the person to stabilize in present time. Be sure to teach the person these remedies within the first session or two.
7. Be sure to acknowledge the person for answers, and really acknowledge the person's realizations, originations and successes. Letting a person know they are heard is what makes auditing produce relief from mental stress and help them on the road to self-determinism and personal happiness.
8. Keep the session focus on the work at hand, gently getting the person back on topic if things wander too far off the subject. Keep the session environment comfortable and listen carefully to and respond, to any concerns the person may have or any personal things they may care to share. This is part of helping the person on an immediate basis, while other concerns can be noted down for later handling. Get the person back on the process and stay on it as long as necessary to its completion.
Watch the person's "indicators" (do they look bad or good) and use those to identify a person who may have restimulated a past upset, had attention pulled to a problem or situation outside the session (such as happens when a person hears phone noises and is worried about being in session too long). Care for these things the best you can, getting agreement to continue, if possible, and handling any worries as the "Present Time Problem" Rudiment by Two-Way Communication and asking for earlier-similar Present Time Problems. Use THE PROMPTERS to get the person to talk when free communication shuts down. Most of the time the person has been reminded of an ARC Break (Upset) and needs to talk it through (use the UPSET-ARC BREAK Procedure any time you find one). But asking all three Rudiments may help you get to any "withholds" (these block free communication) he/she is ready to talk about.
9. A process is complete when a person experiences a sense of relief/release - sometimes laughter, and is almost always accompanied by some realization about the subject, about self or about life. You don't want to end a process before it is complete, but you certainly do not want to keep a process going that has already reached completion. This drives the person back into the same area which was being sorted out and stabilized satisfactorily. A process can bring up uncomfortable feelings and feel difficult and "heavy." This is normal and good, because it means there is material there to be discharged. But if this only gets worse and you have already suspected the process was completed earlier, it's a good idea to ask the person, "Did Anything Occur On This Process?"
If the answer is no, keep going as long as necessary to bring the process to a happy conclusion, but never force the person. Try a couple of times to continue because they may need your encouragement to keep on facing what the process is about. But if you detect a protest, you may have inadvertently gone past a release point. Professional auditors ask, "Have We Bypassed a Release Point On This Process?" in those instances and you can, too, but realize that if the person is in heavy protest and cannot locate and tell you about where the process completed (when they spot the exact moment - you will both know because there will be visible relief and then you can acknowledge the process is complete), then if you are without advanced training and an e-meter to guide, you may need to simply indicate to the person, "It Seems We May Have Bypassed a Release Point On This Process" and give the person the choice, "Are You Interested in Continuing This Process, Or Do You Feel it Is Complete?
Let them talk about it and they may be able to establish to their satisfaction what is going on with them. In non-authoritarian, FreeScientology auditing, this is one of those times you consult the person for willingness to continue and if they are not, you will go to Havingness and end the session and start a new session later, asking the same question about it, "Are You Now Interested in Continuing the Process ___('wording of process')___?" and only if they are not now interested do you need to end off the auditing session, and get professional help to straighten out the missed release or to find out by correction list whatever else may be going on. In such cases, here is a suggested wording for a smooth transition to ending the session:
"Would You Rather We Did Some Havingness and Ended the Session?"
10. Completing a process means you can end the session if you have been at it a long time -or- anytime you see a major win and Very Good Indicators such as uncontrollable laughter, or a "Wow! I feel like I'm floating," or any similar indication of a huge release, you end off the session right there with the final statement, and encourage the person to take a walk or enjoy an activity of their own choosing (they may be in a state of enthusiasm towards a goal). Otherwise, if you have more time remaining, go on to the next process. If in doubt, it's okay to consult with the person over whether it's a good time to end off or if they want to keep going, but otherwise use your best judgement and be a good, firm guide encouraging the person forward. The auditor makes the session and runs good control, and this maximizes the attention a person can devote to running these processes.
*Failed Session* - If you ever get to a point where nothing is working, the person does not want to go on, and you do not know what to do using a correction list to find the unknown difficulty (assuming you have also asked the person to tell you what is wrong, and it's still not resolving), then say something like, "We're Going to Need to End the Session For Now. Would You Like to Run a Havingness Process Before We End the Session?" and proceed according to what the person is willing to do.
11. Havingness Process (Stabilize the Person in Present Time)
When you need to end a session or you have run some processes and the person is doing very well, you have a choice of two very successful routines to transition the person out of the subjective mind and back to the objective world smoothly. These are:
Find Something Comfortably Real
-or-
Look Around Here and Find Something You Could Have
and these are run repetitively, acknowledging the person when they have done so, until they are bright and alert or have had yet another realization about things. When this is complete, you may proceed to the final stage of ending the session.
12. "We Are Going to Be Ending Session Shortly. Is There Anything You Would Care to Say or Ask Before I End the Session?" Note down what the person says, giving good acknowledgements, and when the person as said all, state firmly and cheerfully, "END OF SESSION."
Important Notes:
If you are dealing with someone who has been heavily abused, tortured or subjected to MK-Ultra mind-control or institutional abuse, it is important to get them journaling on their own before they engage in any communication therapy (as outlined more thoroughly in in the book by Cathy O'Brien called "A Time to Heal "). Use your judgment and their interest after they have journaled all that they can remember, before going on to these spiritual healing processes.
Another intermediate step after journaling and before communication therapy, is to obtain some modeling clay, and make a clay representation of the traumatic incident(s) in question. This can further alleviate charge and allow the person to communicate more freely about it. Clay representations are done in a formal session, with the auditor quietly observing. A "tag" is placed into the clay to label each separate person or thing being represented. More about this can be found in Hubbard Scientology materials, including "The Basic Study Manual."
IF YOU ARE ALONE AND CANNOT GET ANOTHER TO HELP YOU -
YOU MAY SIMPLY READ AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS GIVEN
- see if you can find paper and pen/pencil and a quiet, comfortable place to work
(use this preferred method to get your thoughts transmitted to the physical universe - this greatly assists the process in working, and you won't need to say the answers - just write them out)
- if you cannot write down your answers - if it feels right to you and you prefer it, and there is no one else around, say the answers to the questions aloud - to the screen or to the wall
(the point is to create an outward flow of answers)
- if it doesn't feel right to say answers aloud and/or you are in a public place, say the answers silently to yourself
(all this may be done as a last resort, but it still works - especially if you listen to yourself and give yourself good acknowledgements - do this until you feel relief, but in any case, try to get a session done for you by another when you can)
- adapt this Model Session using common sense to follow the guidelines given, and tell yourself "Start" and "End" of session, as well as granting yourself "Beingness" with good acknowledgements and Care
------BUT IF YOU ARE ALONE AND IT IS AN EMERGENCY, GO AHEAD AND START WORK ON THE "DROP RECOVERY" QUESTIONS NOW, AND REFER BACK TO THIS PAGE WHEN YOU ARE READY TO CONTINUE, OR IF YOU RUN INTO ANY QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT TO DO------
If you can:
GET SOMEONE YOU TRUST TO HELP YOU BY CONDUCTING A SESSION FOR YOU, WHERE POSSIBLE
The person conducting a session is called an Auditor ("LISTENER") and simply listens to answers and originations, and acknowledges them. THIS PERSON STARTS AND ENDS THE SESSION AND KEEPS IT ON TRACK (which helps the person being audited, to feel safe and to FOCUS WITHOUT DISTRACTION).
Whether you are doing this procedure alone or with another, the value of a FORMAL, STRUCTURED SESSION (with a distinct START and END) IS IMPORTANT for two reasons:
*FOCUS* -and- *KEEPING YOUR SESSION - INNER WORK - SEPARATE FROM EVERYDAY LIVING*
(this is a conscious and willing separation that you make, which helps you to get on with your life when you are -not- in session)
0. Choose the best available, distraction-free environment for the session and take reasonable, friendly steps to prevent any interruptions (others in the area, phones, computers, etc. - a "Quiet Please - We're In Session" sign on the door or folded paper on the table might be appropriate in some cases). Have the person seated or positioned comfortably.
*The person should ideally be well-fed and well-rested, but if that cannot be immediately taken care of and this is an emergency situation and the person is visibly upset and wants a session, you would go ahead and address the most serious issue available and keep the session short*
1. Have the questions and directions available to read from, take a deep breath and focus your attention on helping this person to the best of your ability. Tell the person that you are about to begin a session in order to hear about their difficulties. Ask if there is any reason not to start and, if there is some other problem, take care of anything needed the best you can, such as getting cellphones and computer sounds turned off.
2. Look the person in the eye and give a sincere and distinct -
"START OF SESSION" -or- "THIS IS THE SESSION"
3. Tell the person:
"I'm going to ask you some questions to get you to tell me about your difficulty. Is there anything you'd like to tell me before I ask the first question on the list?"
(the person may go right into telling you their difficulty - if so, just listen to what they are saying attentively and acknowledge them appropriately when they have finished talking)
Once you have become accustomed to Model Session, for anyone who has already had a few sessions and knows what a session is, you may use a shortened version of this as an opening:
"Is There Anything You Would Like to Take Up Before We Start/(Resume) Our (Next) Process?"
IS THE PERSON NOW "IN-SESSION"?
*Now you are going to need to familiarize yourself with a very important definition as a criteria for all the auditing you are going to do at any time. This will help you to determine when to check rudiments again, even if you have checked them or run them at the start of the session. It also tells you the purpose of the rudiments and when you can start processes for the session:
DEFINITION OF "IN-SESSION"
"Interested in own case and willing to talk to the auditor"
This means that the person can give mostly his/her full attention to you and follow directions given to look at things and talk about them in a session. The "Rudiments" that follow were designed specifically for the purpose of getting a person "in-session."
4. RUDIMENTS - These are any recent upsets, problems, worries or feelings of guilt that might distract a person from auditing. You have to take any of these up and handle them to a bettered condition before starting up any new processes to be audited or getting back to work in a session. You also have to stop and work on these when they come up in session or the person gets stuck and is not doing well with the process. A new auditor without an e-meter is not expected to ask any particular set, formal questions, but they are given here as examples you can use in any variation for letting the person bring up any pressing matters that should be looked at before starting any new action or process:
- Do You Have an Upset? (Anything That Has Made You Annoyed, Discouraged, Hurt or Sad?)
- Do You Have a Present Time Problem? (Anything You Are Worried About?)
- Is There an Overt? (Have You Done Something You Don't Feel Good About?)
Ask for and take these up in the order that they appear on the list:
- Upsets (ARC Breaks = any break in Affinity, Reality, Communication or Understanding) - any time this comes up at the start of a session or any other time during the session, and the person does not appear relieved just from telling you about it, use the questions at the end of these instructions. You should ask for these any time a person appears sad or despondent about what has come up in a session. Follow the procedure until you see some relief, then return to the exact point in the session that you stopped, and resume the process or discussion that was in progress.
- Problems or Worries ("Present Time Problems") - if the handling of these are urgent (like having to pick up a child, for instance), one would not continue a session, but end it off smoothly. If it seems urgent but does not require immediate attention, one may still get enough relief talking about it to settle into focusing on a session. Use your judgement. The secret is to get the person to tell you about the problem until they feel relieved and tell you all is okay. If they tell you all about it and remain troubled, the secret is to ask "Is There an Earlier-Similar Time You Had Such a ___(Problem/Worry/Present Time Problem/Difficulty)___?" and continue getting the person to tell you about it until the person is relieved of most of the worry.
- Transgressions or Mistakes ("Overts" = Harmful Acts Done to Another or to Self) - any time this comes up, take it up using the questions provided at the end of these instructions.
GETTING UNSTUCK WHEN A SESSION STALLS OR THE PERSON STARTS TO FEEL DISCOMFORT
Never stop a session just because a person feels something heavy, negative, strange or momentarily depressing. This is part of the process and "what turns it on will turn it off." You keep the process going. However, if things really start to grind or the person goes silent, there are tools starting with THE PROMPTERS, and including re-checking the Rudiments, that can help get the person un-stuck.
*IMPORTANT NOTE* - If you run into any trouble during the course of the session (the person is not doing well and this lasts for more than just a few questions) you should try to identify if a Rudiment needs to be put in (fixed up) before resuming the process where you left off. You may use the PROMPTERS where you think they might apply, and ask Rudiments questions if none of those lead to a renewed interest in continuing the session:
(from HCOB 10 Dec 64 - LISTEN-STYLE AUDITING)
PROMPTERS:
(a) "Have You Found Something You Think Would Make Me Think Less of You?"
(b) "Is There Something You Thought of That You Think I Wouldn't Understand?"
(c) "Have You Said Something You Felt I Didn't Understand? If So, Tell Me Again."
(d) "Have You Found Something You Haven't Understood? If So, Tell Me About It"
If a check over the rudiments does not find anything and the person seems "willing to talk to the auditor and interested in own case":
5. Go on with the questions or process commands in the order that they appear on the list:
"Okay, here is the first question/(or process)..."
6. Keep the session space safe and interruptions to an absolute minimum (phones should be off) and finish the process you are working on before you end the session. Use "Start of Break" and "End of Break" to keep up the agreement to be in session to focus on the inner work, any time a restroom break is needed or extra nourishment is needed. This is also protocol for a distance session at any time a call or internet connection is interrupted. If this happens, the person getting session should touch and let go of things in the environment, if immediately resuming any interrupted session is not possible. If this is not satisfactory to calm the mind, one should take a walk if possible, in order to look at large masses in the environment and extrovert attention.
*Important* - if a distance session or any other session is interrupted, leaving the person without an auditor, the person should FIND SOMETHING COMFORTABLY REAL (see step 11) enough times for the person to stabilize in present time. Be sure to teach the person these remedies within the first session or two.
7. Be sure to acknowledge the person for answers, and really acknowledge the person's realizations, originations and successes. Letting a person know they are heard is what makes auditing produce relief from mental stress and help them on the road to self-determinism and personal happiness.
8. Keep the session focus on the work at hand, gently getting the person back on topic if things wander too far off the subject. Keep the session environment comfortable and listen carefully to and respond, to any concerns the person may have or any personal things they may care to share. This is part of helping the person on an immediate basis, while other concerns can be noted down for later handling. Get the person back on the process and stay on it as long as necessary to its completion.
Watch the person's "indicators" (do they look bad or good) and use those to identify a person who may have restimulated a past upset, had attention pulled to a problem or situation outside the session (such as happens when a person hears phone noises and is worried about being in session too long). Care for these things the best you can, getting agreement to continue, if possible, and handling any worries as the "Present Time Problem" Rudiment by Two-Way Communication and asking for earlier-similar Present Time Problems. Use THE PROMPTERS to get the person to talk when free communication shuts down. Most of the time the person has been reminded of an ARC Break (Upset) and needs to talk it through (use the UPSET-ARC BREAK Procedure any time you find one). But asking all three Rudiments may help you get to any "withholds" (these block free communication) he/she is ready to talk about.
9. A process is complete when a person experiences a sense of relief/release - sometimes laughter, and is almost always accompanied by some realization about the subject, about self or about life. You don't want to end a process before it is complete, but you certainly do not want to keep a process going that has already reached completion. This drives the person back into the same area which was being sorted out and stabilized satisfactorily. A process can bring up uncomfortable feelings and feel difficult and "heavy." This is normal and good, because it means there is material there to be discharged. But if this only gets worse and you have already suspected the process was completed earlier, it's a good idea to ask the person, "Did Anything Occur On This Process?"
If the answer is no, keep going as long as necessary to bring the process to a happy conclusion, but never force the person. Try a couple of times to continue because they may need your encouragement to keep on facing what the process is about. But if you detect a protest, you may have inadvertently gone past a release point. Professional auditors ask, "Have We Bypassed a Release Point On This Process?" in those instances and you can, too, but realize that if the person is in heavy protest and cannot locate and tell you about where the process completed (when they spot the exact moment - you will both know because there will be visible relief and then you can acknowledge the process is complete), then if you are without advanced training and an e-meter to guide, you may need to simply indicate to the person, "It Seems We May Have Bypassed a Release Point On This Process" and give the person the choice, "Are You Interested in Continuing This Process, Or Do You Feel it Is Complete?
Let them talk about it and they may be able to establish to their satisfaction what is going on with them. In non-authoritarian, FreeScientology auditing, this is one of those times you consult the person for willingness to continue and if they are not, you will go to Havingness and end the session and start a new session later, asking the same question about it, "Are You Now Interested in Continuing the Process ___('wording of process')___?" and only if they are not now interested do you need to end off the auditing session, and get professional help to straighten out the missed release or to find out by correction list whatever else may be going on. In such cases, here is a suggested wording for a smooth transition to ending the session:
"Would You Rather We Did Some Havingness and Ended the Session?"
10. Completing a process means you can end the session if you have been at it a long time -or- anytime you see a major win and Very Good Indicators such as uncontrollable laughter, or a "Wow! I feel like I'm floating," or any similar indication of a huge release, you end off the session right there with the final statement, and encourage the person to take a walk or enjoy an activity of their own choosing (they may be in a state of enthusiasm towards a goal). Otherwise, if you have more time remaining, go on to the next process. If in doubt, it's okay to consult with the person over whether it's a good time to end off or if they want to keep going, but otherwise use your best judgement and be a good, firm guide encouraging the person forward. The auditor makes the session and runs good control, and this maximizes the attention a person can devote to running these processes.
*Failed Session* - If you ever get to a point where nothing is working, the person does not want to go on, and you do not know what to do using a correction list to find the unknown difficulty (assuming you have also asked the person to tell you what is wrong, and it's still not resolving), then say something like, "We're Going to Need to End the Session For Now. Would You Like to Run a Havingness Process Before We End the Session?" and proceed according to what the person is willing to do.
11. Havingness Process (Stabilize the Person in Present Time)
When you need to end a session or you have run some processes and the person is doing very well, you have a choice of two very successful routines to transition the person out of the subjective mind and back to the objective world smoothly. These are:
Find Something Comfortably Real
-or-
Look Around Here and Find Something You Could Have
and these are run repetitively, acknowledging the person when they have done so, until they are bright and alert or have had yet another realization about things. When this is complete, you may proceed to the final stage of ending the session.
12. "We Are Going to Be Ending Session Shortly. Is There Anything You Would Care to Say or Ask Before I End the Session?" Note down what the person says, giving good acknowledgements, and when the person as said all, state firmly and cheerfully, "END OF SESSION."
Important Notes:
If you are dealing with someone who has been heavily abused, tortured or subjected to MK-Ultra mind-control or institutional abuse, it is important to get them journaling on their own before they engage in any communication therapy (as outlined more thoroughly in in the book by Cathy O'Brien called "A Time to Heal "). Use your judgment and their interest after they have journaled all that they can remember, before going on to these spiritual healing processes.
Another intermediate step after journaling and before communication therapy, is to obtain some modeling clay, and make a clay representation of the traumatic incident(s) in question. This can further alleviate charge and allow the person to communicate more freely about it. Clay representations are done in a formal session, with the auditor quietly observing. A "tag" is placed into the clay to label each separate person or thing being represented. More about this can be found in Hubbard Scientology materials, including "The Basic Study Manual."
Rudiments (Priority Topics to Handle Before Starting or Resuming a Session)
(These are Any Recent Upsets, Problems, Worries or Guilty Feelings That Might Distract a Person from Auditing)
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Basic Three:
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Professional Six:
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Basic Session Rescue:
"In This Session - "
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[30 Sep 2024]
1. UPSETS-ARC BREAKS (Short Form as a Rudiment)
Note that in running these questions, that you are also looking for "bypassed charge" (parts of an upset needing special acknowledgement) that you can indicate back to the person for even more case relief. As an example, if the person says in response to "What Happened to the Affinity?" that it was "ruined affinity" - acknowledging and then saying back, "I'd Like to Indicate That Was Ruined Affinity." Use this kind of "Locate-Indicate" when the opportunity presents itself. Oftentimes just telling you about it and getting a good acknowledgement from you is enough. If done with great care, this process can help the person with relief from anguish and a new outlook on things.
- Has There Been An Upset?
- Tell Me About That (listen & acknowledge)
- What Happened to the Communication? (listen-acknowledge-locate-indicate)
- What Happened to Your Reality? (listen-acknowledge-locate-indicate)
- Was an Expectation Disappointed? (listen & acknowledge)
- What 'Wrong' Would You Say Was at the Root of That Upset? (listen & acknowledge)
- What Happened to the Understanding? (listen-acknowledge-locate-indicate)
- What Happened to Your Affinity? (listen-acknowledge-locate-indicate)
- You can ask: "How Does All That Seem to You Now?"
- (If not relieved) Is There An Earlier-Similar Upset? (repeat above steps)
- *NOTE* - If the upset seems severe, use the Expanded ("Long Form") version given below
2. Problems/Worries/Present Time Problems/Difficulties (as a Rudiment)
Remember that, as above, these are simply handled by getting the person to tell you all about it. And if the person does not appear relieved, ask, "How Does All That Seem to You Now?" - and if the person still does not appear relieved, ask, "Is There an Earlier-Similar Time You Had Such a ___(Problem/Worry/Present Time Problem/Difficulty)___?" and continue getting the person to tell you about it until the person appears relieved of at least a big part of the worry.
3. Overts, Transgressions or Mistakes ("Overts" = Harmful Acts Done to Another or to Self) - Definition of an Overt:
"An OVERT - An act by the person or individual leading to the injury, reduction or degradation of another, others or their beingness, persons, possessions, associations or dynamics."
This can be touchy for a new auditor. You are helping the person to confront a wrongdoing, and you want to be sure he/she is satisfied they are telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Be a good listener with care for details, because details relieve the burden which allows the person to recover a sense of responsibility for the matter. If done with care, this can produce dramatic relief and a process of healing. Any time this comes up, carefully take it up using these questions and carefully acknowledging the person's answers:
- What Was Done or Omitted? (remember, this is an action, possibly spoken words, but certainly an action or failure to take action)
- Who or What Was Harmed? (remember - no victim-no crime - if someone feels bad or was chastised for breaking a rule or law, but no one was harmed in the matter, this would be a "false overt" - if so, switch to Upset/ARC Break procedure - note also that "breaking an agreement" could be considered harmful by the person to another or to a group one belongs to)
- When Was It? (any details about the time, including time of day - details always help because they add up to the Truth)
- Where Was It? (again, details to the best of ones ability)
- Is That All of the Matter? (give the person a chance to review what they've told you for completeness)
- Can ask here: What Prompted You to Do That? (optional - but record the answer for future work, if asking)
- What Problem Were You Trying to Solve? (acknowledge)
- Is There Any (Other) Way You Justified That? (acknowledge, and repeat the question until all answers have been given)
- Did Anyone Nearly Find Out About It? (if yes, get who, and what happened to make them wonder about whether they knew - there may be more than one time, so get all the times they can remember)
- Did Anyone Else Miss It - Make You Wonder if They Knew - or Nearly Find Out? (if yes, get who and what, as above, until no more answers)
- You can ask: "What Part of That ___Overt/Mistake/Harmful Act___ Could You Be Responsible For?"
- You can also ask: "Was There a Misunderstood or Confusion Prior to Having Done This?"
- You can also ask: "How Does All That Seem to You Now?"
- (If not relieved) Is There An Earlier-Similar ___Overt/Mistake/Harmful Act___? (repeat above steps)
Full Rudiments [30 Sep 2024]
- Has There Been any Invalidation?
(for this one, use the Upset-ARC Break Routine that fits: Long Form for heavy Invalidation - take these earlier-similar to Very Good Indicators) - Has There Been any Evaluation? (or Wrong Indication?)
WRONG INDICATIONS
Have You Been Given a Wrong Indication? (About ___?)
What Was It? (listen & acknowledge)
When Was It? (acknowledge)
What Happened to the Communication? (listen-acknowledge-locate-indicate)
What Happened to Your Reality? (listen-acknowledge-locate-indicate)
Was an Expectation Disappointed? (listen & acknowledge)
How Did You Respond? (listen & acknowledge)
What Was Wrong About the Indication Given? (listen & acknowledge)
What Happened to the Understanding? (listen-acknowledge-locate-indicate)
What Happened to Your Affinity? (listen-acknowledge-locate-indicate)
What Happened to You? (listen & acknowledge)
How Have You Handled It? (listen & acknowledge)
How Has It Handled You? (listen & acknowledge)
(if not markedly relieved) Is There An Earlier-Similar Wrong Indication? (repeat above steps) - Do You Have an ARC Break?
Tell Me About That (listen & acknowledge)
What Happened to the Communication? (listen-acknowledge-locate-indicate)
What Happened to Your Reality? (listen-acknowledge-locate-indicate)
Was an Expectation Disappointed? (listen & acknowledge)
What 'Wrong' Would You Say Was at the Root of That Upset? (listen & acknowledge)
What Happened to the Understanding? (listen-acknowledge-locate-indicate)
What Happened to Your Affinity? (listen-acknowledge-locate-indicate)
You can ask: "How Does All That Seem to You Now?"
(If not relieved) Is There An Earlier-Similar Upset? (repeat above steps)
*NOTE* - If the upset seems severe, use the Expanded ("Long Form") version given below - Do You Have a Present Time Problem?
These are simply handled by getting the person to tell you all about it. And if the person does not appear relieved, ask, "How Does That Seem to You Now?" - and if the person still does not appear relieved, ask, "Is There an Earlier-Similar Time You Had a Present Time Problem?" and continue getting the person to tell you about it until the person appears relieved of at least a big part of the worry. - Is There an Overt?
[30 Sep 2024]
- What Was Done or Omitted? (remember, this is an action, possibly spoken words, but certainly an action or failure to take action)
- Who or What Was Harmed? (remember - no victim-no crime - if someone feels bad or was chastised for breaking a rule or law, but no one was harmed in the matter, this would be a "false overt" - if so, switch to Upset/ARC Break procedure - note also that "breaking an agreement" or rule could be considered by the person to be harmful to another or to a group one belongs to)
- When Was It? (any details about the time, including time of day - details always help because they add up to the Truth)
- Where Was It? (again, details to the best of ones ability)
- Is That All of the Matter? (give the person a chance to review what they've told you for completeness)
- Can ask here: What Prompted You to Do That? (optional - but record the answer for future work, if asking)
- What Problem Were You Trying to Solve? (acknowledge)
- Is There Any (Other) Way You Justified That? (acknowledge, and repeat the question until all answers have been given)
- Did Anyone Nearly Find Out About It? (if yes, get who, and what happened to make them wonder about whether they knew - there may be more than one time, so get all the times they can remember)
- Did Anyone Else Miss It - Make You Wonder if They Knew - or Nearly Find Out? (if yes, get who and what, as above, until no more answers)
- You can ask: "What Part of That ___Overt/Mistake/Harmful Act___ Could You Be Responsible For?"
- You can also ask: "Was There a Misunderstood or Confusion Prior to Having Done This?"
- You can also ask: "How Does All That Seem to You Now?"
- (If not relieved) Is There An Earlier-Similar ___Overt___? (repeat above steps)
6. Has a Withhold Been Missed? (Has Something Been Nearly Found Out?)
[30 Sep 2024]
(Hubbard Scientologists Take Note: Not everything "nearly found out" connects to an actual, harmful act. Such inadvertent withholds are common when a group or another has a standard or rule the person does not agree with, and for his/her own reasons fails to uphold. This can go to the extent of being continually, falsely accused of being "bad" or even "criminal," such as with smoking marijuana, which, although a minor harmful act to self, might be in violation of a law that could result in imprisonment. Hiding Jews in Nazi Germany might have resulted in heavy "missed-withholds" even though such an act was heroic and commendable. Determine whether the missed-withhold is a matter of conscience, or if the social order has leveraged guilt onto the person in an unconscious bid to control behavior that may not actually be harmful. It is the responsibility of the person to determine and assess for oneself the actual harm caused, if any.)
- What Was Nearly Found Out?
- Was Anyone or Anything Harmed? (remember - no victim-no crime - if someone feels bad or was chastised for breaking a rule or law, but no one was harmed in the matter, this would be a "false overt" - if so, move rapidly through to the last questions about who missed this - note also that "breaking an agreement" or rule could be considered harmful by the person according to own determinism, and not that of any other or any group one belongs to)
- (If Yes) When Was It? (any details about the time, including time of day - details always help because they add up to the Truth)
- (Also if Yes) Where Was It? (again, details to the best of ones ability)
- Is That All of the Matter? (give the person a chance to review what they've told you for completeness)
- Can ask here: What Prompted You to Do That? (optional - but record the answer for future work, if asking)
- What Problem Were You Trying to Solve? (acknowledge)
- Is There Any (Other) Way You Justified That? (acknowledge, and repeat the question until all answers have been given)
- Did Anyone Nearly Find Out About It? (if yes, get who, and what happened to make them wonder about whether they knew - there may be more than one time, so get all the times they can remember)
- Did Anyone Else Miss It - Make You Wonder if They Knew - or Nearly Find Out? (if yes, get who and what, as above, until no more answers)
- You can also ask: "How Does All That Seem to You Now?"
- (If not relieved) Is There An Earlier-Similar Missed Withhold? (repeat above steps - keeping in mind that some or all of these on the chain may connect to actual overts, which should be taken up)
R2H-FS - Expanded ARC Break Handling Procedure
(for expanded ARC break handling of severe or long-term upsets and recommended especially for any non-metered use)
[10 Jan 2024]
In That Upset -
0 - Is There a Moment of Shock, Impact or Severe Distress? (if so, use the Moment of Shock Procedure)
In That Upset -
- Was There Rejection? (if so) "Tell Me About That" (listen & acknowledge)
- Was There Invalidation? (if so) "Tell Me About That" (listen & acknowledge)
- Was There Loss? (if so) "Tell Me About That" (listen & acknowledge)
- Was There a Wrong Indication? (listen & acknowledge - can also make use of the Wrong Indication procedure if this appears to be a key aspect of the upset - and/or can also ask for earlier-similar Wrong Indications back to the very first one, and then come back to this procedure)
- Was There a Betrayal of Trust? (if so) "Tell Me About That" (listen & acknowledge)
- Was There Some Failure to Help? (if so) "Tell Me About That" (listen & acknowledge)
- What Happened to the Communication? (listen-acknowledge-locate-indicate)
- What Happened to Your Reality? (listen-acknowledge-locate-indicate)
- Was an Expectation Disappointed? (if so) "Tell Me About That" (listen & acknowledge)
- What 'Wrong' Would You Say Was at the Root of That Upset? (listen-acknowledge)
- What Happened to the Understanding? (listen-acknowledge-locate-indicate)
- What Happened to Your Affinity? (listen-acknowledge-locate-indicate)
- Was a Goal or Purpose Disappointed? (if so) "Tell Me About That" (listen & acknowledge)
- Is There Anything About That Upset That Was Left Unsaid or Was Never Acknowledged?
(if so) "Tell Me About That" (listen & acknowledge) - Did That Upset Create a Problem for You? (if so) "Tell Me About That" (listen & acknowledge)
- What Have Been the Consequences of That? (listen & acknowledge)
- You can ask: "How Does All That Seem to You Now?"
- If this was a heavy upset and it fits, you can repeat running the
"Moment of Shock, Impact or Severe Distress" (use the Moment of Shock Procedure) - For very heavy or long-term upsets that need more work, run each one that has an answer, repetitively, until there are no more answers for that question:
Concerning That Upset -
- Has Anything Been Suppressed?
- Has Anything Been Invalidated?
- Is There Anything You Have Been Careful Of?
- Is There Anything You've Failed to Reveal?
- Has Anything Been Suggested?
- Has a Mistake Been Made?
- Has Anything Been Protested?
- Is There Anything You Have Been Anxious About?
- Has Anything Been Decided?
- Has Anything Gone Unacknowledged?
- Has Anything Been Misinterpreted?
- Has Anything Been Forced?
- (If not well-relieved by now) Is There An Earlier-Similar Upset? (repeat above steps)
